Opinion pieces from oncology specialists in Australia and around the world.
Is the developed world we’ve created giving us cancer?
I had assumed that the small lump in my breast was a blocked milk duct…
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You should care about your doctor’s health, because it matters to yours
By Alex Broom, Professor of Sociology, UNSW Doctors’ health tends to be broadly high compared…
Air travel exposes you to radiation – how much health risk comes with it?
By Timothy J. Jorgensen, Georgetown University This past April, business traveler Tom Stuker became the…
Drug-resistant cancers kill millions – here’s how we’re tackling them
By Joe Sutton, Edinburgh Napier University Cancer treatment is often highly effective at first, yet patients’ tumours…
Exercise protects against cancer death, recurrence and treatment related side effects by Prue Cormie
By Associate Professor Prue Cormie, Australian Catholic University for oncologynews.com.au We all know that exercise is…
Explainer: what is nanomedicine and how can it improve childhood cancer treatment?
Maria Kavallaris, Children’s Cancer Institute; Joshua McCarroll, UNSW, and Thomas P Davis, Monash University A…
Kenyan study shines new light on chronic myeloid leukaemia
By Nicholas A. Abinya, University of Nairobi; Andrew Odhiambo, University of Nairobi; Esther Dindi, University…
Just one alcoholic drink a day increases breast cancer risk, exercise lowers risk
Drinking just one glass of wine or other alcoholic drink a day increases breast cancer…
Australian researchers pioneer life-extending treatment for advanced melanoma patients with brain tumours
Australian researchers are the first to demonstrate that patients with advanced melanoma which has spread…
Medical research must include focus on better use of existing technology, Cancer Council and COSA tell Senate inquiry
Cancer Council Australia and the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia have called for new research…